June 22, 2014 07:56 PM CDTJune 22, 2014 08:16 PM CDTMark your calendar: Stars announce full schedule, open season at home against Chicago

Mark your calendar: Stars announce full schedule, open season at home against Chicago

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Michael Ainsworth/Staff Photographer

Dallas Stars center Tyler Seguin (91) and Chicago Blackhawks center Marcus Kruger (16) battle for the puck during the third period of their NHL hockey game at American Airlines Center in Dallas on December 10, 2013. (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News)

Stars fans will be treated to a schedule that’s about as old school as it gets this season. Dallas will play every team in the NHL both home and road (as per the new scheduling grid set after the 2012-13 lockout) and also will play at a normal pace (because it’s a non-Olympic year).

The Stars last season had a compressed schedule because of the Olympics and the season before had an abridged schedule because of the lockout.

Dallas opens its 82-game schedule at home with the Chicago Blackhawks on Oct. 9, plays the Arizona Coyotes on New Year’s Eve, and could see the return of Texas Stars coach Willie Desjardins (rumored to be headed to Vancouver) when the Canucks visit Oct. 21.

Dallas was moved to the Central Division last season and will play 29 games against the group that includes Chicago, Colorado, Nashville, St. Louis, Minnesota and Winnipeg.

The Stars’ longest homestand of the season is five games, which happens from Nov. 18-28. They will play Carolina (18th), Arizona (20th), Los Angeles (22nd), Edmonton (25th) and Minnesota (28th). The Stars’ longest road trip of the season spans five games, from March 5-13, as they visit Florida (5th), Tampa Bay (7th), Philadelphia (10th), Carolina (12th) and Washington (13th).

Dallas has 12 sets of back-to-back games (24 total games), and there is travel included in each pair.

Among the key visits are: the defending Stanley Cup champion Kings on Nov. 4 and 22, the Montreal Canadiens on Dec. 6, the Toronto Maple Leafs on Dec. 23 and the Detroit Red Wings on Feb. 21. Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to visit March 19, and Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals will be in Dallas Jan. 17.

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